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Pandemic lessons: How disease outbreaks from the past inform how we fight them today

Pandemic lessons: How disease outbreaks from the past inform how we fight them today

Historian Dieter Buse explores three outbreaks from times gone by, the lessons we learned (or should have learned) from them
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Serré: Framework forming to re-open Canada, jumpstart the economy

Serré: Framework forming to re-open Canada, jumpstart the economy

Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and the federal government’s role
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Column: Family councils want better protection for LTC residents, staff

Column: Family councils want better protection for LTC residents, staff

Rulings against southern Ontario homes over pandemic issues highlight issues in the long-term care sector
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Mick Lowe: The terrifying effect of the word ‘outbreak’ to long-term care residents

Mick Lowe: The terrifying effect of the word ‘outbreak’ to long-term care residents

My life inside an Ontario nursing home in time of global pandemic — the story continues
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Net Zero Sudbury: Get yourself a rain barrel and save yourself some money

Net Zero Sudbury: Get yourself a rain barrel and save yourself some money

Mass use of rain barrels can cut down on flooding and save on municipal electricity costs
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Column: Loss in the time of COVID-19, finding ways to grieve

Column: Loss in the time of COVID-19, finding ways to grieve

Stunned by the horror of the Nova Scotia shootings, Geoffrey Lougheed discusses the challenges of grieving during a pandemic and the amazing ways he has seen people shine a light in the darkness
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Cathy Orlando: Politicians have responded well to COVID-19 — if only they’d do the same for the climate crisis

Cathy Orlando: Politicians have responded well to COVID-19 — if only they’d do the same for the climate crisis

‘We must use evidence and empower our politicians to listen to the experts and co-operate for the climate crisis’
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Column: The hospice needs your help

Column: The hospice needs your help

The pandemic has resulted in the revenue stream for Maison McCulloch Hospice drying up
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Dieter Buse: Working from home, the new old

Dieter Buse: Working from home, the new old

LU history prof emeritus says maybe the pandemic will allow us to rediscover the joys of everything from baking to sewing
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Mick Lowe: My life inside an Ontario nursing home amid a global pandemic

Mick Lowe: My life inside an Ontario nursing home amid a global pandemic

We asked the veteran Sudbury journalist and Pioneer Manor resident to give us his thoughts on COVID-19
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